Oh don't get me started on the smuggled pups! I live near the Texas/Mexican border in a small town. We are lucky to have a shot clinic that operates under a vet in a larger town nearby. The vet tech is my aunt. Now, I see these people (2) here on Mondays and Fridays. They sell all kinds of dogs and even parrots. They have French Poodles, Shih Tzus, Schnauzers, and Chihuahuas. Their prices vary but when I stopped to look at the conditions of those poor puppies the Shih Tzu's were $600. These dogs are not registered, have no shot records and are being sold as healthy 8-12 week old dogs. I mentioned it somewhere on here before, but a girl took a schnauzer who was supposedly 12 weeks old to get his shots. He had been sold for a whopping amount because he was GUARANTEED on paper to not weigh more than 4 lbs at adult hood. Now the paper he was guaranteed on had no phone number or address - just a letter head that said "PUPPIES ON WHEELS PUPPY GUARANTEE" . This puppy had NO TEETH putting him at 4 weeks or younger! The girl said she chose him because the sister had bloody diahrrea all over her bottom... HELLO, WARNING SIGN! Anyways, the puppy ended up dying of the doggy illness that causes paralysis - I am at a loss for words, please fill me in on that one ... is it Corona Virus? Anyways, these dogs are all brought from Mexico too young! The best part is that the lady gives the buyers a card with the AKC website and phone number - she tells them to take a photo of the dog and to call the AKC to get instructions on how to get the dog registered! And these dogs sell like hotcakes... My neighbor just asked me how old Chloe was when I took her picture for AKC... And she looked at me like she felt bad for me - if she only knew. It really is sad what people do these days to make a buck!
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Originally Posted by red98vett  I'm amazed they can sell in FLEA MARKETS - many (here in Texas) are smuggled....brought across the border with parvo.
It's so sad and a problem that no one seems to be trying to stop. I can't even think about how many die on the way - but have heard about people buying them there only to lose them to that awful painful illness. What gets me is people think it's ok.
my hex on those who do buy sell puppies like this is :
may the fleas of a thousand camels infest their crotch and may their arms be too short to scratch
hope no one here has bought in a flea market cause that would make me sound like a jerk |